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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 198, 21 August 1900, Page 3

A special bargain:' Twenty-two inch Shanghai silks in greens, browns and navys; a heavy quality dress silk, worth 1/llid, selling at 1/OJd per yard. —Smith and Caughey. —(Ad.) Ask for C.S. Corsets;, clock spring steel, practically unbreakable.—(Ad.) Smith & Caughey have just opened a very special line of solid leather Gladstone bags, and are now offering them at low prices from 22/6. —(Ad.) Smith & Caughey are showing a splendid lot of gent's umbrellas, just i-eceived, handles new designs, best manufacture, from 3/11 to 26/. Wear guaranteed.—(Ad.) Herr Andree went in his balloon To try and find the pole, He must have perished all too soon Before ho reached his goal. If ho had only known the way Cold regions to endure, He might have been alive to-day, On Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

■ INSURANCE. rpHIS SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE -L COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital Paid Up. Ke-lnaiirance and General Reserve Funds exceed £260,000. FIRE & MARINE RISKS ACCEPTED AT CURRENT RATES. Prompt and Liberal Settlements. Local Institution. Profits Retained In the Colony. A. S. RUSSELL, Branch Manager. NATIONAL F. & M. INSURANCE CO. OF N.Z; Authorised Capitol £2,000,000 Accumulated Funds £ 213,293 Ratio to Total Premiums 230 per cent. Fire nnd Marine Risks at Lowest Rates. Claims Settled Promptly and Liberally. All Profits Retained In the Colony. NORMAN T. WILLIAMS, Manager.